[wellylug] OT in some sense (I guess), but a fun read ...

[John Durham]

Jethro Carr wrote:
> IRD (NZ Tax Department) has stated that they are going to upgrade their
> current win2k boxes to XP, and when they need to upgrade from XP, they
> will seriously consider Linux. (however, I think this is because of the
> resource requirements/cost of Vista, rather than because of the DRM)
>
>
> <shameless_self_plug>
> That article has been circling all over the web in the last month... if
> anyone cares for a summary and some thoughts, visit my site:
> http://www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog:20070124
> </shameless_self_plug>
>   
Interesting, Jethro. You could clean up your writing a bit, but the 
message is clear enough. DRM is a problem from the outset.

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